Roger Russell is a senior editor at Accounting Today. He focuses on tax developments and compliance, and professional liability issues affecting CPAs. He is a tax attorney and has been a researcher and analyst at several major tax publishing companies.
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Legislation is on track to give the service the authority it needs, with tax pro groups supporting it.
August 31 -
Changes in practice and the business environment generated by the pandemic have broadened the areas of liability for accountants.
August 27 -
Avalara's midyear update reveals a wealth of ongoing tax changes at the state level.
August 24 -
Experts and leading practitioners are looking at ways to mitigate the possible affect of the legislation from a tax perspective.
August 23 -
Padgett Business Services and NCCPAP have spotted areas where the Employee Retention Credit may be hurting small businesses.
August 17 -
Revenue Procedure 2021-28 offers guidance for real property trades or businesses implementing retroactive changes.
August 10 -
After years of discussions, position papers, proposals, negotiations, and re-proposals, the world is rapidly approaching a serious milestone in tax.
August 9 -
NCCPAP’s Stephen Mankowski offers news about the IRS Office of Promoter investigations, Forms 940X and 941, and more.
August 3 -
Bloomberg’s state tax survey clarifies policies on local Paycheck Protection Program loans, nexus and more.
August 3 -
OZ funds can make a good investment better, but they can’t make a bad investment a good one.
July 27 -
A new survey by Sovos highlights the ongoing digital evolution of the field.
July 20 -
A whirlwind tour of American taxes, from Boston Harbor to today’s Internal Revenue Code.
July 13 -
Compliance audits, the new wrinkles of CTC, marijuana and more were key topics at a recent stakeholders meeting with the service.
July 6 -
A federal appeals court in Boston has upheld the jury conviction of a CPA for filing a false tax return, despite the CPA’s claim that he relied on information provided by his client and client’s bookkeeper.
July 1 -
The justices declined to hear a case from a group of Colorado dispensaries challenging the service's ability to investigate them.
June 30 -
Taxpayers won't be able to recover previously paid Medicare taxes and NIIT.
June 29 -
Practitioners have plenty of time to advise clients on multiple savings opportunities.
June 28 -
The IRS, tax preparers and taxpayers all scrambled to keep up with a rapidly changing situation this year.
June 24 -
Taxing jurisdictions are less anxious about revenue — but they’ll be more focused on sales tax than before.
June 22 -
Tax experts dissent the Biden budget proposal in search of planning opportunities.
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